--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Ramakrishna" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Ramakrishna. Plus more from Ramakrishna and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ramakrishna-2451_ifs_the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-live_1725095.png" --- > [The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-lives-there-after-knowing-god/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ramakrishna-2451_ifs_the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-live_1725095.png) > [God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-cannot-be-realizxd-if-there-is-the-slightest-trace-of-pride/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/ramakrishna-2451_humility_god-cannot-be-realizxd-if-there-is-the-s_2892239.png) > [If one has faith, one has everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-one-has-faith-one-has-everything/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/ramakrishna-2451_faith_if-one-has-faith-one-has-everything-9565_956509.png) > [If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-you-meditate-on-your-ideal-you-will-acquire-its-nature-if-you/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/ramakrishna-2451_acquire_if-you-meditate-on-your-ideal-you-will-a_1463583.png) > [If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-diving-once-does-not-bring-you-pearls-you-need-not-therefore/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/ramakrishna-2451_diving_if-diving-once-does-not-bring-you-pearls_2728670.png) > [If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-there-are-errors-in-other-religions-that-is-none-of-our-business/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/ramakrishna-2451_business_if-there-are-errors-in-other-religions-t_2911217.png) > [If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-a-man-prays-to-thee-with-a-yearning-heart-he-can-reach-thee/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/ramakrishna-2451_grace_if-a-man-prays-to-thee-with-a-yearning-h_1286243.png) > [An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/an-ocean-of-bliss-may-rain-down-from-the-heavens-but-if-you-hold-up/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/ramakrishna-2451_bliss_an-ocean-of-bliss-may-rain-down-from-the_1621615.png) > [If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-you-keep-your-heart-immersed-always-in-the-depth-of-that-holy-love/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/ramakrishna-2451_divine_if-you-keep-your-heart-immersed-always-i_514266.png) > [The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-truth-is-that-you-cannot-attain-god-if-you-have-even-a-trace-of/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/ramakrishna-2451_buddhism_the-truth-is-that-you-cannot-attain-god_1030246.png) > [If you feel proud, let it be in the thought that you are the servant of God, the son of God. Great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-you-feel-proud-let-it-be-in-the-thought-that-you-are-the-servant/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/ramakrishna-2451_children_if-you-feel-proud-let-it-be-in-the-thoug_2320080.png) > [If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-you-spent-one-tenth-of-the-time-you-devoted-to-distractions-like/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/ramakrishna-2451_chasing_if-you-spent-one-tenth-of-the-time-you-d_1753727.png) > [If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-a-white-cloth-is-stained-even-with-a-small-spot-the-stain-appears/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/ramakrishna-2451_faults_if-a-white-cloth-is-stained-even-with-a_806174.png) > [With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/with-sincerity-and-earnestness-one-can-realize-god-through-all/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/616/ramakrishna-2451_christian_with-sincerity-and-earnestness-one-can-r_720862.jpg) > [One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/one-cannot-completely-get-rid-of-the-six-passions-lust-anger-greed/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/ramakrishna-2451_anger_one-cannot-completely-get-rid-of-the-six_253152.png) > [God reveals Himself to a devotee who feels drawn to Him by the combined force of these three attractions: the attraction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-reveals-himself-to-a-devotee-who-feels-drawn-to-him-by-the/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/ramakrishna-2451_attraction_god-reveals-himself-to-a-devotee-who-fee_2804797.jpg) > [Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other's home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/dwell-o-mind-within-yourself-enter-no-other-s-home-if-you-but-seek/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/ramakrishna-2451_answers_dwell-o-mind-within-yourself-enter-no-ot_2486601.png) > [Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/little-children-play-with-dolls-in-the-outer-room-just-as-they-like/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/ramakrishna-2451_care_little-children-play-with-dolls-in-the-o_595063.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Ramakrishna > [One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/one-must-be-very-particular-about-telling-the-truth-through-truth-one/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/it-is-very-pleasant-to-scratch-an-itching-ring-worm-but-the-sensation/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/by-the-mind-one-is-bound-by-the-mind-one-is-freed-he-who-asserts-with/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/so-long-as-the-bee-is-outside-the-petals-of-the-lily-and-has-not/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [God had created the world in play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-had-created-the-world-in-play/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/sugar-and-sand-may-be-mixed-together-but-the-ant-rejects-the-sand-and/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-world-is-impermanent-one-should-constantly-remember-death/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/meditate-upon-the-knowledge-and-bliss-eternal-and-you-will-also-have/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/as-for-me-i-consider-myself-as-a-speck-of-the-dust-of-the-devotee-s/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/we-laugh-at-the-efforts-of-the-musk-deer-to-find-the-source-of-the/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/too-much-study-of-the-scriptures-does-more-harm-than-good-the/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [God has created the world in play, as it were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-has-created-the-world-in-play-as-it-were/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/one-cannot-completely-get-rid-of-the-six-passions-lust-anger-greed/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/it-s-enough-to-have-faith-in-one-aspect-of-god-but-never-get-into/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) > [The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-supreme-purpose-and-goal-for-human-life-is-to-cultivate-love/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/ramakrishna/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Ramakrishna", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ramakrishna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-lives-there-after-knowing-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ramakrishna-2451_ifs_the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-live_1725095.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ramakrishna-2451_ifs_the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-live_1725095.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ramakrishna-2451_ifs_the-world-is-not-impermanent-if-one-live_1725095.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God.” — Ramakrishna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ramakrishna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-cannot-be-realizxd-if-there-is-the-slightest-trace-of-pride/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/ramakrishna-2451_humility_god-cannot-be-realizxd-if-there-is-the-s_2892239.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/ramakrishna-2451_humility_god-cannot-be-realizxd-if-there-is-the-s_2892239.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/ramakrishna-2451_humility_god-cannot-be-realizxd-if-there-is-the-s_2892239.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.” — Ramakrishna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If one has faith, one has everything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ramakrishna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/if-one-has-faith-one-has-everything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/ramakrishna-2451_faith_if-one-has-faith-one-has-everything-9565_956509.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/ramakrishna-2451_faith_if-one-has-faith-one-has-everything-9565_956509.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/ramakrishna-2451_faith_if-one-has-faith-one-has-everything-9565_956509.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If one has faith, one has everything.” — Ramakrishna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. 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